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today nasa is honoring their memory and lives lost in previous missions in a day of remembrance. dr. steve harrigan is live at cape canaveral. >> a solemn day at the complex. a sense of remembering and sense of gratitude for those that gave their life in space exploration. three of the major tragedies in nasa occurring in different years but on in the same week beginning in 1967 with apollo one a fire claim the lives of three astronauts including gus grissom. then in 1986 the space shuttle challenger exploding after 73 seconds in flight. of course on board the challenger was the first teacher in space. it was later found that a faulty seal around a booster rocket was responsible for that crash. finally ten years ago today, this time it was the space shuttle columbia after a selling 16-day mission. that orbiter coming apart minutes away from home. some of the family members of the seven crew members here today to mark that with remembrance and gratitude trying to push the envelope. back to you. >> alisyn: i remember that day vividly. >> 20 years after her kidnapping made worldwide
today nasa is honoring their memory and lives lost in previous missions in a day of remembrance. dr. steve harrigan is live at cape canaveral. >> a solemn day at the complex. a sense of remembering and sense of gratitude for those that gave their life in space exploration. three of the major tragedies in nasa occurring in different years but on in the same week beginning in 1967 with apollo one a fire claim the lives of three astronauts including gus grissom. then in 1986 the space...
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to pay tribute to america's heroes, nasa honoring today u.s. astronauts who have died in the line of duty including the crews of space shuttles challenger and columbia. today's ceremonies marking a day of remembrance ten years after the columbia accident. steve harrigan is live in cape canaveral, florida. steve? >> reporter: jon, a day of remembrance here, but also a day of gratitude, remembering those who gawf their lives for -- gave their lives for space exploration. among the speakers, the widow of the commander of the spaceship columbia. >> february 1, 2003, became a traumatic, shocking day. anticipating a joyful homecoming of our crew, we were jolted in the viewing area into a nightmarish stroll of fear, uncertainty and horror. that led to a crushing announcement that the crew had perished. >> reporter: three major tragedies in nasa's history claimed the lives of 17 astronauts beginning in 1967 with the apollo i, a fire onboard the capsule on the launching pad claimed the lives of three including gus brisesome, a veteran of the america ri
to pay tribute to america's heroes, nasa honoring today u.s. astronauts who have died in the line of duty including the crews of space shuttles challenger and columbia. today's ceremonies marking a day of remembrance ten years after the columbia accident. steve harrigan is live in cape canaveral, florida. steve? >> reporter: jon, a day of remembrance here, but also a day of gratitude, remembering those who gawf their lives for -- gave their lives for space exploration. among the speakers,...
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that led to a issue dr.ing announcement that the crew had perished during reentry. >> nasa today on a day of remembrance marked other tragedies as well. apollo one which burned up on the launch pad in 1967 killing three astronauts on board the space shuttle challenger flight lasted one minute before disintegrating. a tragedy witnessed by school children across america because one of the seven on board was christa mechanical live the teachner space,. >> steve harrigan at the kennedy space center. a pilot passed out mid flight with 116 passengers and five crew members on board. so says a spokesman for alaska airlines. second time in two weeks that a pilot for that very carrier lost consciousness while the plane was in the air. the spokesman says the two events were related in no way. the latest incident happened last night. the airline reported that the co-pilot safely landed that seattle-bound plane put it down in portland, oregon. the pilot was likely suffering from stomach virus or food poisoning. one woman was apparently not happy that flight attendants moved a fellow passenger to h
that led to a issue dr.ing announcement that the crew had perished during reentry. >> nasa today on a day of remembrance marked other tragedies as well. apollo one which burned up on the launch pad in 1967 killing three astronauts on board the space shuttle challenger flight lasted one minute before disintegrating. a tragedy witnessed by school children across america because one of the seven on board was christa mechanical live the teachner space,. >> steve harrigan at the kennedy...
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nasa will be watching it. scientists and astronomers will be tracking after it swings by to see how this close fly-by will change the orbit when it does come around again. martha: in your terms, these things happen, you know, every thousands of years, several thousands years. when was the last time something like this did actually make contact and what was the impact? >> well to give you some perspective, this asteroid is about the same size as the rock that exploded over siberia in 1908. that event that leveled00 of square miles of land, just complete devastation. that didn't even hit the planet. it exploded in the atmosphere above the ground. so these rocks can pack a wallop if they do hit the, hit the earth. nasa thinks these types of rocks fly by maybe once every 40 years. a close shave of the earth. an actual strike like when we saw once every 1200. martha: this is six or seven years away and 70% of the earth is covered in water. so it is unlikely that it would hit anywhere but it could, it could? >> yeah
nasa will be watching it. scientists and astronomers will be tracking after it swings by to see how this close fly-by will change the orbit when it does come around again. martha: in your terms, these things happen, you know, every thousands of years, several thousands years. when was the last time something like this did actually make contact and what was the impact? >> well to give you some perspective, this asteroid is about the same size as the rock that exploded over siberia in 1908....
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whatever reasons nasa has to attract and offer an entree to the private sector to come in and work with them, whatever those reasons are we don't really care. all we know is that the opportunities are here. >> reporter: opportunities that include expanding space programs for other countries. as the industry grows, competition will undoubtedly drive costs down. that presents other problems such as health concerns and government regulations. >> right now the faa only has regulatory authority for launches and reentries of commercial spaceflight. they can't regulate currently on-orbit activities. >> reporter: no doubt that the demand is there. virgin galactic has 500 people booked with deposits of 20,000 each to go into orbit. >> thank you, everybody. >> reporter: we know nasa headquarters both in houston and in florida. the private space race is really all over the country with the spaceport being in new mexico and here in mojave in california. there is little bit of a race going on jon, the spaceport in new mexico getting competition from california. there is legislation introduced to kee
whatever reasons nasa has to attract and offer an entree to the private sector to come in and work with them, whatever those reasons are we don't really care. all we know is that the opportunities are here. >> reporter: opportunities that include expanding space programs for other countries. as the industry grows, competition will undoubtedly drive costs down. that presents other problems such as health concerns and government regulations. >> right now the faa only has regulatory...
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i'm just hoping that they somehow, nasa, worked out a thing to be able to talk to the monkey without moving the helmet off. >> steve: sure. they've invented so many things, tang, velcro. i'm sure they'll figure this. >> gretchen: our top story today is dangerous twisters and storms and they're tearing across the country. one person has died after a tree fell on a shed. new video showing power lines, traffic lights and trees downed, some homes destroyed. >> i built it out of poured concrete, block up or down solid with rebar and it or it all to piece. i can't imagine what could have hit it. >> gretchen: last night tornadoes tore through mississippi, missouri, and arkansas. mariano molina has been tracking the system. >> very unusual. this is more springtime weather. during the month of april, may or even into june, this is when we should be seeing some of this kind of severe weather. we've had over 200 reports of tornadoes, damaging wind gusts and large size hail. i want to show you why we're seeing this during the month of january. we're seeing extremely warm temperatures across part
i'm just hoping that they somehow, nasa, worked out a thing to be able to talk to the monkey without moving the helmet off. >> steve: sure. they've invented so many things, tang, velcro. i'm sure they'll figure this. >> gretchen: our top story today is dangerous twisters and storms and they're tearing across the country. one person has died after a tree fell on a shed. new video showing power lines, traffic lights and trees downed, some homes destroyed. >> i built it out of...